SHAH ALAM: An officer and two assistant superintendents from the Customs Department were charged at Sessions Court, here today, with accepting bribes in return for not inspecting a lorry of goods at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) cargo terminal.
The three accused, Mohd Nasrizal Othman, 37; Mazuki A Kadir, 54, and Ahmad Samirruddin Muhammad Japri, 38, pleaded not guilty after the charge sheet was read separately before Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud.
Mohd Nasrizal was charged with five charges of receiving bribes totaling RM1,150 between Jan 25, 2017 to June 1, 2019, while Mazuki was charged with 10 charges of receiving bribes totaling RM2,900 between Apr 19, 2018 and Apr 4 this year.
Ahmad Samirruddin was charged with nine charges of accepting bribes totaling RM4,550 between May 31, 2017 and April 2, 2019.
All the offences were allegedly committed at a bank branch at KLIA and KLIA2 as well as Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi.
All of them are accused of corruptly obtaining bribes from a 38-year-old company owner, by transferring money online to their respective bank accounts as an inducement not to inspect the company's cargo lorries, which carry goods out of the KLIA Cargo terminal.
They were charged under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 [Act 694], which is punishable under Section 24(1) of the same act which provides for a maximum imprisonment of 20 years or a fine of not less than five times the amount or gratuity value or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Mohd 'Afif Ali and Maziah Mohaide appeared for the prosecution while lawyer Muhammad Aizat Fakri represented Mohd Nasrizal and Mazuki while Ahmad Samirruddin was represented by lawyer Adhwa' Afiqah Mohd Azmi.
The court then set bail for Mohd Nasrizal at RM8,000, and RM10,000 each for Mazuki and Ahmad Samirruddin.